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Dark Humor MFs When or Offensive Joke MFs When is a phrasal template used in a series of memes, including image macros, reaction images and POV memes, that criticize a perceived hypocrisy in people who use and claim to enjoy dark humor when the dark humor is aimed at a topic that they enjoy or hold in high regard, portraying the "dark humor MF" as throwing a tantrum when the dark humor doesn't fit their narrative.

The memes use a variation of the snowclone, "Dark humor MFs when X," with "X" referring to the subject of the dark humor they don't enjoy. The memes were popularized on social media, including Twitter / X, Reddit and TikTok throughout 2025, with some of the earliest examples dating back to March 2023.

Origin

On March 26th, 2023, Redditor Glum-Huckleberry-866 posted a Gus Fring meme to the /r/lgbtmemes^[1] subreddit featuring the character laughing next to the phrase, "'Dark Humor is the last funny Humer' mfs making fun of minorities, disabled people etc:" then featuring the character frowning next to the caption, "Also them when you make a dark humor joke about them back:" garnering over 1,100 upvotes in two years. This is the earliest known meme to use the format and poke fun at a perceived hypocrisy and sensitivity in the enjoyers of dark humor.

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On August 14th, 2023, TikToker^[2] @simii_exe posted a POV meme and video in which he screams and glitches out under the caption, "pov: dark humor mfs when you make a joke ab the military or God," garnering over 146,000 likes in two years.

On August 30th, X^[3] user @wildtiktokss posted a screenshot of a TikTok by an unknown user showing the user making a Soy Face under the caption, "'dark humor' mfs when you joke about their religion," garnering over 101,000 likes and 4,600 reposts in two years.

This became one of the most prevalent versions of the meme going forward, inspiring numerous edits. It was reposted to the /r/197^[4] subreddit the next day, gaining over 1,600 upvotes in the same span of time.

On July 23rd, 2025, Redditor AshenThaumaturge posted a meme to the /r/whenthe^[5] subreddit using a GIF of Nostalgia Critic moving erratically, animated by donk.tf, under the caption, "'Offensive humor' MFs when the joke's punchline is christianity and not gay people or other marginalized groups," garnering over 23,000 upvotes in four months.

On September 11th, the Facebook^[6] page It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Implication Posting posted a meme of Dennis screaming under the caption, "'Dark humor' mfs when the joke is about Charlie Kirk instead of women and minorities," garnering over 5,100 reactions and 480 shares in two months.

On November 13th, 2025, X^[7] user @ruanjose01 posted an edit of the "joke about religion" version of the meme captioned, "'dark woke' mfs when you joke about Junko Furuta," referring to the Junko Furuta Charlie Kirk memes common at the time, garnering over 10,000 likes in five days.

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